適逢「波羅的海之路」30周年，網民發起「香港之路」（The Hong Kong Way）的全港「手牽手」人鏈活動，喚起國際關注香港「反送中」。今晚再創造歷史，在港鐵荃灣綫、觀塘綫及港島綫30多個車站外組成共40多公里長的人鏈。市民晚上 7 時到指定港鐵站集合， 8 時人鏈成形，維持約一小時後 9 點「流水式散去」。
有人在中環拉起「我要民主」”We Want Democracy” 巨横幅，表示訴求。
「波羅的海之路」（The Baltic Way）起源自 1989 年 8 月 23 日，「波羅的海三國」的 800 萬人口中，有逾 200 萬人「手牽手」串成長達超過 600 公里的人鏈，以表達脫離蘇聯獨立訴求。1991 年 9 月 6 日，蘇聯政府正式承認愛沙尼亞、拉脫維亞和立陶宛獨立。
愛沙尼亞前總統 T.H. Ilves 在面書發文，感嘆 「波羅的海之路」30年後，啟發港人效法，築「香港之路」 ，追求民主自由。當地國會議員、外務委員會副主席 Marko Mihkelson 也在面書表態，形容「香港之路」將會是一場「捍衛民主權利的和平抗爭」。
On the 30th anniversary of “The Baltic Way”, netizens launched the “Hand in Hand” human chain event of “The Hong Kong Way” to evoke international attention to Hong Kong’s anti-extradition movement. The operation created over 40 km of human chain at over 30 stations of the MTR Island Line, Kwun Tong Line and Tsuen Wan Line respectively. At 7 pm, the public arrived at the designated MTR station. At 8 pm, the human chain was formed and dispersed by 9 pm.
A giant banner demanding “We Want Democracy” was raised in Central.
The Baltic Way originated on 23 August 23 1989. Of the 8 million population in the 3 Baltic countries, more than 2 million people joined hands to create a human chain of over 600 km to demand independence from the Soviet Union. On 6 September 1991, the Soviet government officially recognized the independence of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Former Estonian President T H Ilves exclaimed on Facebook that 30 years after The Baltic Way, it inspired Hong Kong people to follow the example and build “The Hong Kong Way” to pursue democracy and freedom. Marko Mihkelson, a member of the parliament and vice chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, also expressed on Facebook that the “Hong Kong Way” will be a “peace struggle to defend democratic rights.”
